How Washington Hospitals Unleashed an MRSA Epidemic

re: How Washington Hospitals Unleashed an MRSA Epidemic

stew6302 — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 02:22:53 GMT

Only a third of the planet will drop dead from a superpoison.

The poison will attack the heart

prediction by Nostradamus

re: How Washington Hospitals Unleashed an MRSA Epidemic

skizex — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:47:18 GMT

those copper faucets and doorknobs wouldnt last long with the metal thieves we have in Wa, heck they'll strip out the streetlights in broad daylight. In one location they stole a half mile of copper wire - from the freeway lights!

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posy — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 19:25:54 GMT

ekoliver-Can you tell us what machine you are using in your home and how you found it? -Posy

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ladyspa — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 01:18:34 GMT

My husband had to go to the emergency room this year and as a result picked up what we were told was MRSA but turned out to be a staff infection. However, as a result we talked with others who had experienced MRSA. One woman told me her husband pointed out to his doctor he hadn't been to a hospital in months and couldn't figure out where he picked MRSA up. The doctor asked if he had been to Wal-Mart...adding that's the worst place to pick up MRSA. I appreciate stores that provide anti-bacterial wipes for the carts, although it sounds like that doesn't work well. But, anything is better than absolutely nothing! Even with eating garlic and getting plenty of rest, vitamin D, etc., maybe it is time to resort to plastic gloves when shopping!

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fskerle — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:55:46 GMT

I wouldn't mind installing copper fixtures in my house but I wonder how I can expect to keep the copper from turning green ( oxidizing ) without coating it thus rendering it ineffecying?

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OneinJapan — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 12:46:19 GMT

Here is another reason to stay away from antibiotics.

I'm living in Japan and everytime I go to a doctor for any problem; cough, sore throat, runny nose, etc... I'm always perscribed antibiotics. Usually I wouldnt even go to a doctor for these problems but the way it works here I need to get a certified note if I miss any time from work. I try to reason with the doctors but they always tell me I need to take the pills. I don't use them but am forced to buy them(which always costs me a lot of money).

What really agrivates me is that nobody seems to take a whole body aproach anymore. If I go in with a rash. They give me medicine. I ask, "why do I have this rash?" they say "don't wory, this medicine will clear it up."

I want to find a doctor within the Kansai area that takes a more natural aproach. Probably not many people in Japan on this tread but if anyone knows about Kansai and good doctors or medical centers please let me know.

re: How Washington Hospitals Unleashed an MRSA Epidemic

JoMM — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 08:23:13 GMT

WASH HANDS WITH SOAP AND WATER??? Where are all the people from another article who commented that they don't ever wash their hands with soap?! They said that they never get sick. Well, this is exactly why everyone should wash with SOAP....because you get other people sick when you don't. My husband and I talk about how it is sooo disgusting to see people come out of bathroom stalls after going poop, only to see them rinse 2 seconds with just water...like that does anything for the poop germs on the hands. I wonder if people have heard of what causes Hep A. According to my husband's observations, a lot of men don't even bother to wash after coming out of the stalls!

Thank goodness for this article! Washing with soap is for other people's sake too.

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Carofy — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 06:15:12 GMT

No one has mentioned Bicarbonate of Soda. A daughters friend had MRSA eating into her leg.

Why cant I get my full reply accepted?

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Katie5757 — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 04:06:32 GMT

Sadly.. hospitals are ideal environments for these bugs to survive and spread..

They are warm, constantly, but with germ control officers, it always surprises me..

The cleaning is not up to standard.. the procedures are not up to standard.. what is it?

re: How Washington Hospitals Unleashed an MRSA Epidemic

nouse8 — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 02:19:13 GMT

Use Chinese medicine.

Inhibition of Growth of Streptococcus mutans, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci by Kurarinone, a Bioactive Flavonoid Isolated from Sophora flavescens

www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi

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In traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practice, a group of herbs has been widely used for a specific therapeutic application defined as Qing Re Jie Du, or “alleviating heat and relieving the symptoms caused by toxins” (2, 3). Many herbs in this category have been found to have antimicrobial activities (2, 3). Recently, we conducted a systematic screen of herbs with Qing Re Jie Du function for the inhibitory activities against S. mutans, the primary etiological agent for dental caries and other pathogens (1), and found that the extract made from Sophora flavescens contains a potent bioactivity against S. mutans, MRSA, and VRE.

S. flavescens is a perennial shrub found in Northeast Asia (Fig. 1A). It grows in sandy soils on mountain slopes or river valleys. In spring or autumn, the roots are collected, cleaned, sliced, and air-dried. The processed root of S. flavescens is also known as “Ku Shen,” which means “a precious medicinal root with bitter taste” (Fig. 1B). In more than 1,000 years of TCM practice, it has being used to treat pyretic and analgesic symptoms (www.itmonline.org/.../sophora.htm). Although a variety of bioactive compounds have been recently isolated from S. flavescens for the treatment of inflammation, cancer, and cardiovascular disorders (5, 13), the knowledge about its antibacterial potential is limited (7)......

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Staffoflife — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 00:51:08 GMT

I contracted MRSA Iabout two years ago. I believe from working out at my Dojang. (tae kwon do studio) I first had a breakout on my thigh. My god!! it was THE most painful thing I have ever encountered. I had several other breakouts since, but my infectious disease DR. says that your body seems to build up an immunity to it after about 12- 18 months. I don't know if that is true, but I have not had any other breakouts and it has been about 2 years since my first. I personally think it was a man made "illness" to use as another means to limit our population. Many people are getting it in prisons and in hospitals and I just think it has become more rampant than "they" (the strange powers that be) wanted. Maybe my own paranoid views but i guess we'll see if it's true in the future when more information becomes available.

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LabLora — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 23:42:45 GMT

Garlic is great! I had a friend who couldn't get rid of warts...6 garlic tablets a day for 1 week and then decreased to 2-4 a day and they faded away within a few weeks. It's a great antifungal/antiviral as well!

I do not agree though that one should avoid the tablets - there is at least one company that makes it so the allison and annison(spelling?/pronounce?) are not impotent. though I will agree MOST tablets are not effective.

Blessings,

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ekoliver — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 23:14:03 GMT

I agree that MRSA is a scary thing and that new stains are developing all the time, that makes it more of a thing to worry about. It is a sad day when you have to go to the hospital for one thing and contact something else. That is why I found a piece of equipment that kills the MRSA and any time someone I know goes into the hospital I make sure they have this machine in there room, cause you have to look out for yourself because everyone else is to busy to look out for you.

P.S. I also run the machine in my home to kill the germs and virsus that some through my front door, You never know when someone comes in your home with MRSA and leaves you that gift in your house! This way I know its killed before someone else picks it up!

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Peggy_Oregon — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 22:31:37 GMT

Did you all know that Medicare is now refusing to pay for treatment of a MRSA infection if the infected person caught it in the hospital? Hopefully this will encourage the hospital administrators to start enforcing the hand-washing policies.

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somdbob — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 20:31:45 GMT

A general note on these postings.

If you are responding to someone's post, reference it for goodness salke. With these things coming in from all over, there's no assurance that your post will immediately follow the one youi're addressing-in fact, it's quite unlikely that it will. I doubt that clicking Reply will buy yiou anything.

Personally, I like to know if someone is posting from any area outside of the United States. We've had several from Australia, UK and Japan;. It's of interest to note the similarities--and differences--one encounters in the search for health.